DIY Project #2: Create Your Own Rorschach Inkblot Tote Bag

Along with our La Sardina DIY camera we’d like to present several DIY projects to inspire you. Our second project is a Rorschach Inkblot Tote Bag by Kate Livesey.

This DIY project was inspired by the 10 Golden Rules, specifically, Rule #1. Take your camera everywhere you go and Rule #8: You do not have to know beforehand what you captured on film. Wanna build something on your own? Nothing easier than that, there’s a how-to on our very new DIY project page

But what has this got to do with the competitions section? Well, as pointed out in our first project post we’d like to try something new – create the bag, then take one of your beloved analogue cameras (or the new La Sardina DIY camera), throw it over you shoulder, find the nearest mirror, take a photo of you and your bag and submit it here. Please don’t upload any digital photos, don’t submit anything unrelated to this project (as much as we’d like to see your cat, this is not the place) and watch out, the limit is two photos.

This is for fun and we’d like to present more projects like this in the future. See them all under diy.lomography.com. Let us know in the comments what you think of this and how you like this very project. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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